If we can feel that it is not our voice, not our fingers, but some reality deep inside our heart which is expressing itself, then we will know that it is the soul’s music.
-Sri Chinmoy
Quotations
Music
I wish to make a special appeal to mothers to take up the sacred responsibility of keeping the lamp of sangita (music) burning bright in their homes and to instill a love for good music in their children from a tender age.
-M. S. Subbulakshmi "M. S. Subbulakshmi"
Music is everywhere. It’s in the air between us, waiting to be sung.
-David Levithan
"How They Met and Other Stories"
I like great music, but who doesn’t? Oh yeah, deaf people.
-Jarod Kintz
"The Days of Yay are Here! Wake Me Up When They're Over."
A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.
-Leopold Stokowski
In music, the passions enjoy themselves.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
"Beyond Good and Evil"
I hate happy music that makes me sad. Sad music makes me happy.
-Ville Valo
The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.
-W. H. Auden
"The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume III, 1949-1955"
A good country song takes a page out of someone's life and puts it into music.
-Conway Twitty
You have to take a deep breath and allow the music to flow through you. Revel in it, allow yourself to awe. When you play, allow the music to break your heart with its beauty.
-Kelly White
